Archive: 2016
Could States Create Design Competitions in a New Era of ESSA? Getting Started with Next Generation Accountability
Now is the time for states to design competitions for local communities and local systems to map the future of accountability in support of innovation for equity. Driving breakthrough models that will incent the innovative education systems our students need today to be globally competitive.
EdTech 10: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Indirectly, David Bowie was a frontman in the movement to personalize learning. Bowie taught a generation of educators that each student is unique in their own individual way, who should be provided their own individualized learning playlist. This week’s EdTech 10 is inspired by the life of Bowie.
The Future Demands Idea Economy Students
By: Elaine Menardi. Our new operating system, "edOS 3: Ask-Think-Solve" will emerge from students very soon. Students will be driven by their own desires to satisfy curiosity and achieve a sense of accomplishment.
How Project-Based Learning Prepares Youth for Freelance Nation
Young people that decide against the freelance economy and land good jobs with organizations are likely to do most of their work in projects. Other than low skill/low wage tasks, it’s quickly becoming a project-based world.
Microschools with Macro Impact
CottageClass is making it possible for you to visit and get an inside look at 12 example microschools. They are hosting the NYC Microschool Tour, on January 27-31. Read the article, get a discount code, be inspired.
Five Steps to Transforming a District
Transforming a district is simple. Simple in the way that a New Year’s resolution is simple - we know what to do and what is necessary, but successful long-term results depend on real change, including a change in mindset. Simple, yet difficult.
Engineer Your Future: Don’t go it Alone, Own it, Create it
By: Fushcia-Ann Hoover. Struggling to decide on entering or staying in a degree or career? Don’t quit because you doubt your abilities or worthiness. Go for it. It will be hard and—I won’t lie—sometimes very isolating, but it is worth it and so are you.
5 Ways for Smart Parents to Plan and Implement Intentional Time & Margin
In Smart Parents: Parenting for Powerful Learning intentionality is listed as one of the key qualities of smart parents. Smart parents are “intentional about creating powerful learning experiences.” Here are five ways smart parents can plan and implement intentional time and margin.
EdCamp Voxer: Personalized Professional Development
400 teachers, from more than 20 states, participated in EdCamp Voxer Personalized PD. The virtual collaboration proved the best teacher professional growth does not exclusively occur between the walls of the school at a designated time.
10 Tools to Create Online Student Portfolios
One of the most promising learning opportunities brought by this transformation is the possibility of creating online student portfolios. The best portfolios are those which are compiled by students themselves. Here are 10 best picks for fostering this creative exercise in the classroom.